How to display a "spinning wheel" indicator in the centre of your screen

Sometimes you want to tell the user that something’s happening behind the scenes and that there’s no need to panic. While your process is happening you can display a “spinning gear” in the middle of your screen.

One way of doing this is via a UIActivityIndicatorView.

You can create them in Interface Builder, but it’s very easy to create one and show it if and when necessary. Here’s how: